Stand for traveler&#39;s iron



Feb. 12 1924.

` H. KRuEsHELD STAND non Tmwmws IRON Filed Jan. 20. 1920 WITNESSES:

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A'TTORNEY Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

1,483,457 PATENT orne-E.,

HENRY KRUESHELD, 0F MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 WESTINGHOUSE ELIELTJJRJC-` PRODUCTS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ,MICHIGAN.

STAND FOR, TRAVELER S Y IRON.

Application lcdJanuary 2O,v 1920. Serial No, 352,717.

To all whom t may concern.' 1

Be it known that I, HENRY KRUESHELD, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Mansiield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Standsfor Travelers Iron, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to electrically-heated apparatus yand particularly to supporting means for electric sad irons.

The object of my inventionis to pro-vide simple and novel means for supporting an electric sad-iron in an inverted position, so that the iron may be used for cooking or for heating purposes.

More specifically, my invention embodies a plurality. of plates which form a stand for supporting a sad iron `in itsnormal upright position and which I provide with a plurality of spaced and Alongitudinally alined spring members, of substantially U-shape, mounted on one of said plates for engaging the handle member. of a sad iron and holding it in an inverted position on the stand.

Referring to the single sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device embodying my invention, as applied to a sad-iron stand and operatively associated with an electrically heated sad iron to hold the same in aninverted position on the stand; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device embodying my invention, with .the supporting frames in inoperative position, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the springsupporting members inoperative position on a. stand.

A sad-iron stand 1 comprises a plurality of parallel plates 3 and 1 of the same contour as the sad iron 2 and an intermediate plate 5, each of the plates 3 and 4: being provided with a plurality of similarly alined and co-operating integral curved portions 6. The stand 1 is more fully described and claimed in an application, Serial No. 129,270, filed by Frank Thornton, jr., under date of Nov. 3, 1916, and assigned to the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company and will not be further described in detail here.

The sad iron 2, being fully described and claimed in a co-pending application Serial No. 349,286, led by me under date of J an.

3, 1920, nodetailed description thereof will be` given here.v

The means for holding the sadiron 2jin an invertedA positioncomprises la plurality of wire frames 7 and 8, each of substantially U-shape, which are pivotally mounted on the plate 3. As the memberscf and 8 are substantially alike, in all respects except size and are oppositely bent so as to engage opposite ends of the sad-iron handle member, only one. will be fully described.

As shown best in Fig.y 3, the central part of the. member 7 comprises a horizontal straight portion9 connectedy to two integral parts 10 of U-shape, thelength of. therportion 9 being made substantially equalto the width vof the supporting strap 11 of the sad-iron handle. The side portions 12 are integral with the portions 9 and 10 and are bent at right anglesto thepart 9 and. arallel to each other., A short integralen lportion 13 is bent at right angles to ,oneot the side Vportions 12 andk another short integral end portion y14 of substantially L-shapeis bent at right angles to the other side portion 12. Thetwo end portions .13,and ltare pivotally mounted in sockets 15 andfl which are formed in the plate k3 by pressing relatively small parts of the same upwardly above the surface of the plate, as. shown in f Fig. 1. A depression 17 is provided in each of the rear curved portions 6 to receive the U-shaped portions 10 of theV member 7 when it is inits inoperativey position, as shown in Fig. 2. Two smallnotches 18vv are .pro-

vided at; the inner edges yof a substantially triangular opening 19 in the plate, torece-ive the portions 10 offthemember. 9 when it is :in its inoperative, position, as shown iny Fig. 2. p p

When the members 7 and 8 are in the position shown in Fig. 2, the sad iron stand 1 may be used to support the sad iron 2 in its normal upright position. In order to support the sad iron 2 in an inverted position on the stand 1, the members 7 and S are so moved as to extend at substantially right angles to the surface of the plate 3, as shown in Fig. 1. It may be noted, by reference to Fig. 3, that the L-shaped extension 14: on each of the members 7 and 8 acts as a means for prevent-ing further pivotal movement of these members away from each other. The sad iron 2 may now be placed in an inverted position between the members 7 and 8 which will resiliently engage the strap 1l and hold the sad iron in its inverted po` sition, the handle member 20 ot the iron 2 resting in the slot 19 and engaging the edges ot Ithe plate 3 near the ends ot the slot. The member 7 is made shorter than the member 8 in order to avoid interference with the 'terminal socket 21 mounted at the rear of the iron 2. v

` I thus provide relatively simple and novel means for co-operating with an electric sad iron to support it in an inverted position on a sad-iron stand, which means' may be quickly placed in an inoperat-ive position on said stand Where it Will not interfere With the useof the sad iron stand tor supporting the sad iron in its normal upright posit-ion.

Various changes may be made in the device Without departing from the spirit and the scope of my invention,` and I desire that only such limitations shall be placed there` on as are imposed by the prior art or are specifically set forth in the appended Claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a stand adapted to support a sad iron in normal upright position7 of a plurality of members of substantially U-shape pivotally mounted on said stand for holding the iron in an nve'rted position on the stand.

2. lThe combination with a stand adapted t0 support a sad iron having a handle member, in normal upright position on said stand, of a pluralityof members lof substantially U-shape pivot-ally mounted on said stand and adapted to operatively engage the handle member of said sad iron for holdingr the ironin its inverted supported position on said stand.

A supporting means for a sad iron having a handle member and a handle sup porting strap of substantially U-shape, oomprising a stand for supporting` said iron when the same is placed in an upright position on said stand, a plurality ot resilient members of substantially U-shape pivotally mounted on said stand and adapted to open -:itively engage the supporting strap and maintain the same in a vertical position when the sad iron is placed on said stand in an inverted position.

4. A supporting means for a sad iron having a body member, a handle member and a handle-supporting strap ot substantially U-shape, Comprising a plurality of parallel-extending plates and a plurality of resilient members of substantially U-shape pivotally mounted on one oit said plates and adapted to extend parallel to said plates and toward each other when the iron is supported in its normal upright position on said plates and to extend approximately parallel to each other and at right angles to said plates and operatively engage said supporting strap and thereby hold said iron in an inverted position on said plates.

5. A stand for supporting a sad iron having a yhandle strap7 said stand having means for holding said iron in an inverted position on said stand, said holding` means comprising a pair of resilient Wire frames, of substantially Ushape and of dii'iierent lengt-hs` pivotally mounted on said stand 'for operatively engaging said supporting strap at the liront and the rear ends of the iron.

G. The Combination with a sad-iron stand adapted to support a said iron in normal upright position, of a plurality of Wire frames of substantially U-shape pivotally mounted in spaced relation on. said trame and adapted to entend parallel to said stand when the iron is supported in its normal position thereon and to extend approxi mately at right angles to said stand to maintain said sad iron in inverted position thereon.

7. The combination with a flat-iron comw prising a body member and a handle meniber, ot means for supporting said iron inits normal upright position. and means pivotally mounted on said supporting means for maintaining the iron in an inverted position on said supporting means with the handle member operatively engaging said supporting means. y

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 30 day of Dec.

HENRY KRUESHELD. 

